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With COVID19 cases seeing a steep rise, Odisha government wrote to all Collectors, Municipal Commissioners and CDM & PHOs asking them to remain prepared to mitigate the pandemic.

Amid the threat of a second wave of the Covid- 19, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) sealed the premises of a popular shopping mall in market building area for openly flouting Covid-19 guidelines and ignoring social distancing.

  After ragging allegations from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences And Research (VIMSAR) and Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla, another such case has been reported from Odisha Medical College of Homoeopathy and Research (OMCH&R) in Sambalpur.

New Covid-19 infections refuse to slow down as 452 fresh positive cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours.

Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu addressed the 50th Convocation of the Utkal University in Bhubaneswar on Saturday (April 3). In his address, the Vice President emphasized that education makes students organized and disciplined.

With COVID19 cases witnessing a sharp increase over the past few days, the Odisha government today ordered night curfew in 10 districts which will come into force from April 5th.

In a disturbing incident, a 4-year-old girl had to go through an ordeal after her head got stuck in the opening of a barricade installed near Puri Srimandir.

Ruckus inside the Odisha Assembly took an ugly turn after shoes, papers and microphones were reportedly hurled at the Speaker’s podium over alleged arbitrary passage of bills without discussion. Soon after the incident, Deputy Leader of Opposition Bishnu Sethi, Opposition Chief Whip Mohan Majhi and MLA Jaya Narayan Mishra were suspended from the ongoing session of the Assembly.

Video of a weird encounter between a Russian TV journalist and a dog has gone viral. In the video, the dog suddenly pounces on the mic held by the journalist and runs away leaving the journalist in shock.

Rajesh Kumar Paricha from Koraput is trying to master a rare & difficult skill. He aims to be the best ‘One Hand Hopper’ in the world by attempting record single hand hop jumps at a time.

Coronavirus is fast spreading its tentacles in Bollywood. Superstar Akshay Kumar is the latest in the cine industry to have tested positive for Covid-19.

In view of the present Covid-19 situation, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has revised the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Puri Srimandir.

The locals of Balaranga area in Sambalpur district have captured these scenes of an elephant herd enjoying summer bath at a water body in Sadar forest range.

Odisha Health and Family Welfare Director, Bijay Panigrahi said on Saturday (April 3) that the rise of Covid-19 cases in Nuapada is due to rapid spread of the existing strain of virus.

Witnessing another big surge, Odisha reported 471 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. Among these fresh positive cases, at least 278 persons are under quarantine while 193 are local contacts.